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    Looking to buy dies in good working order. I prefer one-ear headstalls, various headstall cheeks, bronc nosebands, breast collars, spur straps, saddle, chap & chink, etc to add to my collection. Complete sets and various dies considered. PM me or let me know what you have, that you'd be willing to part with.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Alberta Bound , Thankyou for the compliments , I do take a lot of pride in my work - and as a horse owner I also understand what a horse means to some people ( I had my first horse for 19 years ) - sadly much of the saddlery today is mass produced , and many places that produce saddlery have no idea what a horse looks like , to them it is just a product that can be made for profit . I would imagine that someone who hand tools western saddlery feels the same.

    I have no problem in telling you where I get my hardware - I have been using a company called - ABBEY Saddlery and crafts - they are based in Knutsford , Cheshire , England . Web address -- http://www.abbeysaddlery.co.uk/ -- . Unfortunatly some of their buckles are of chinese origin ( but still OK ) as many if not all of the manufacturers in the UK have gone out of buisness due to cheap imports . A lot of their brasswork is made by them or is made by a local firm that still operates as the brass fittings being imported were rubbish.

    If there is anything else you would like to know please don't hesitate to ask me.

    Nutty

    Nutty, that's a tremendous job. I'm thinking hard about having you make me a set just like that. I have a 2 year old I'm starting this spring and would be tickled to have some of your work hanging in my tack room. How much would you charge for the set? Also, the hinged piece on the noseband, what is that called?

    Thanks,

    Nathan

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    My dad did this exact thing while hand stitching a sole to a welt on a pecos workboot. Wasn't paying attention to where his fingers were, as he was stitching a tricky section of toe.

    His method of extraction was to use the side of the workbench as a backstop while he leaned on the awl handle to push the needle through the rest of his finger & then cut the tip/barb off to pull it back out the way it came.

    Pretty impressive as he only had a few grunts as a response while he did it & it went through pretty much the middle of the finger. I don't know that I would have had the fortitude to do that. This stitching helper seems like a much better solution. :-)

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